Locked screen orientation

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iPF Novice

Mine is locked at portrait. I Double click Home button, get to the controls where the orientation button is supposed to be, but find there (on the extreme left) only the mute button. How do I unlock the orientation? IPad Guide doesn't offer any solution.

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iPad Legend

Double click the Home button to open the multi-task bar and then flick the screen to the right. There is the soft control that is either the Mute or Orientation Lock. In any case, if the orientation lock is set, you should see the orientation lock icon on the top menu bar of the iPad towards the right hand edge of the screen, next to the battery status.

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iPF Noob

Double click the Home button to open the multi-task bar and then flick the screen to the right. There is the soft control that is either the Mute or Orientation Lock. In any case, if the orientation lock is set, you should see the orientation lock icon on the top menu bar of the iPad towards the right hand edge of the screen, next to the battery status.

Tim

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thanks, this solved my problem. i note, however, that it took me 15 mins to figure out what the "home" button was (nothing is labelled), and "flick to the right" actually means "do what it takes to get the screen to go to the left". i've owned this ipad for a year, and use it mainly for google & weather: apple makes phenomenal hardware, and awfull software.

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